Joint Local Access Forum - What's New
JLAF recruitment for Year 9 commences 11 March
The recruitment for new members of the JLAF for Year 9 (tenure 1 May 2011 to 30 April 2014) is now complete with interviews held on 6 April.
If you are interested in applying for membership next year please visit the forum member vacancies page for a copy of this year's application pack which contains some useful information or Contact us at any time if you'd like more information on becoming a member of the Joint Local Access Forum.
Joint Local Access Forum Position Statements
From time to time the JLAF will publish position statements. The latest - A Position Statement on Surfaces -was ratified at the meeting of the JLAF on 28 January 2010.
JLAF Position Statement on Access to Water (PDF format 32kb)
JLAF Position Statement on Mechanically Propelled Vehicles (PDF format 12kb)
JLAF Position Statement on Surfaces (PDF format 14 KB)
Change of name and amended Terms of Reference
At their meeting on 24 July, 2008 it was agreed the name of the Joint Local Access Forum be changed to 'Northumberland National Park and County Joint Local Access Forum'. The amended 'Terms of Reference' were also agreed and can be found here.
New Members for Year 8
The recruitment process for Year 8 (1 May 2010 - 30 April 2011) has now concluded, following a successful recruitment drive, with the re-appointment of three members - Graham Gill, James Brown and Gill Featonby - and the appointment of one new member, Graeme Ferguson. This takes the JLAF complement to 22 members.
The representative from Northumberland County Council remains as Cllr David Tows and the two National Park representatives as Peter Nicholson and Cllr Alan Sharp until the Annual Meetings of both organisations.
Chair and Vice Chairs 2010 - 2011
At the JLAF meeting on 22 April 2010, James Brown was re-elected Chair and Nicola Bell and David Baines were re-elected as Vice Chairs, for Year 8 (1 May 2010 - 30 April 2011).
Annual Report 2009-2010
Visit our reports and downloads page to read our current report for Year 7 (2009 - 2010) which was published on 26 July 2010.
Action Plan for Year 8 (2010 - 2011)
The latest edition of our Action Plan for Year 8 will be available shortly on the reports and downloads page. Please note - the Action Plan may be upgraded from time to time.
Decadal Review
The Forum is keen to hear from anyone who would like to help them in identifying anomalies with the conclusive map of open country and registered common land within Northumberland. Whilst, given the size of the task, we feel that the Conclusive Map produced by the Countryside Agency was a reasonable first attempt, we feel that errors and anomalies do exist.
Please use the attached form - the accompanying letter explains more about the Decadal Review. Please note - there is a blank page after the letter.
Decadal Review Form (PDF Format, 32Kb)
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